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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Saiz, Carlos; Rivas, Silvia F.; Olivares, Sonia – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
In previous works we developed and assessed a teaching program, ARDESOS v.1, with which we aimed to improve the fundamental skills of critical thinking. The results obtained were positive, but modest. After analyzing the limitations of the program we introduced certain modifications and assessed the new version. The changes involved designing the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Scoring Rubrics, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Saiz, Carlos; Rivas, Silvia F. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
It is desirable that reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making skills should form an integral part of our private and professional lives. Here we show how these skills can be improved through the use of the ARDESOS program. To test the effect of the program, we have also developed an assessment test (PENCRISAL). Our results are going in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Logical Thinking, Inferences